Macrodose
by Planet B Productions
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Your weekly fix of everything economics. Hosted by James Meadway.
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- The AI Data Centres Fight w/ Paris Marx, Sarah Jaffe & Martha Dark · 58 minToday we are bringing you a special live episode, recorded at a recent event we held with Foxglove at the Art House, Bethnal Green in East London. The event was chaired by the…
- Victory For French Protestors · 13 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the victory for protestors in France as the government finally gives in to concessions on education policy (0:46), how a…
- Budget Reaction Special w/ Hannah Peaker and Chris Hayes · 49 minThis week we're bringing you a special episode of Macrodose. We’ll be reacting to Chancellor John Healey’s first Autumn Budget, delivered this afternoon in his speech to…
- Climate Popularism w/ Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read · 43 minThis week on MACRODOSE we’re publishing a special bonus episode with former leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, and environmental philosopher and activist, Professor…
- Trailing The Budget · 13 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at what treasury sources have begun trailing of next week’s budget (0:38), Microsoft pulling out of a data centre project in Essex…
- The Defence Spending Debate · 16 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at whether the UK really should commit to an arbitrary 3.5% target for defence spending (0:39), the IMF’s world economic outlook…
- The Future Of Food Prices · 17 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the year ahead might be a moment of massive divergence in the world economy (8:03), much needed economic policy introduced by…
- Burnham's First Conference Speech · 8 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at Andy Burnham’s first speech to Labour party conference as prime minister, his proposals to modify the triple lock on pensions…
- Healey's First Hurdle · 16 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the upcoming and first budget of continuity chancellor John Healey (0:32), and the Greens’ new economic policy, published and due…
- The Houthis Hit Saudi Oil Hard · 15 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at a notable admission from the bank of England governor (0:37), , the Houthi movement’s capture of vast territory and bombardment…
- Getting Out Of The Government Bond Game · 16 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is cutting its holdings of US government debt (0.36), John Healey’s first major…
- Dollar Dominance Tested Again · 15 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the US dollar’s prominence as the world’s reserve currency is facing more tests (0:36), and how the AI boom is under pressure…
- Annual Jellyfish Invasion · 10 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how nuclear power plants are being shut down because of a rapidly breeding organism invading its systems (0:33), and the striking…
- New Arctic Trade Routes · 13 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at a bank that holds an unconventional asset that has come a cropper with rising temperatures (0:38), the growing commercial…
- From the Streets to the Corridors of Power · 31 min"If you go together and if you fight for it, then you are visible." Over the last four episodes of this series, we've heard about the daily struggles, exhaustion, the…
- Looming Food Crisis Warnings · 21 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how British supermarkets warn of the looming food crisis (0:34), how Japan could be the canary in the economic coalmine (7:24)…
- Migration, Gender, and the Fight for Dignity · 30 min"As a migrant working here… it's not easy, and it has never been easy." In many European countries, a staggering proportion of cleaners come from migrant backgrounds. This isn’t…
- The Downward Spiral of Public Procurement · 25 min"The biggest problem is that they choose the lowest bid. That ends up being paid by the worker." Our taxes might be used to exploit cleaners through public contracts. But how…
- Monkey Market Collapse · 20 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at who new prime minister Andy Burnham has chosen to be his Chancellor of the Exchequer (0:42), how wildfire season is increasingly…
- The Hidden Cost of Night Work and Split Shifts · 38 min"We are the invisibles. We clean when no one is around." Most people work during the day. But for nearly half of Europe's cleaners, the shift begins when everyone else goes home…
- El Nino Profiteering · 13 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the impact of the unholy pairing of the El Nino phenomenon and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz (0:46), how one hedge fund is…
- A Day In The Life of Europe's Cleaners · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 1"The only time people notice what a cleaner does is when she doesn't do it." They disinfect hospital wards, scrub office floors, and sanitise the spaces we all rely on. Yet…
- Data Centre Meltdowns · 18 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how heatwaves are breaking data centres (0:33), how Trump is refusing to renew his own North American trade deal (5:44), and a…
- High Cost Heatwaves · 14 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the cost of extreme heat requires urgent attention from our political leaders (0:36), if Andy Burnham’s speech this week laid…
- Burnham's Plan For Britain · 16 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at likely next prime minister Andy Burnham and his economic agenda for Britain (0.43), the current heatwave gripping the UK and…
- Food As A Site Of Struggle w/ Jonas Marvin (Norwich Transformed) · 27 minJames is away this week so we have for you an event recording from Norwich Transformed, a festival of socialist ideas and culture. Joining James is Jonas Marvin, author of the…
- Oil War w/ Laleh Khalili · 1 h 6 minLast night, after more than 100 days since the US and Israel went to war against Iran, the US and Iran reached a partial framework for peace. When the war began at the end of…
- Godzilla El Nino Incoming · 18 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the first signs of the incoming “Godzilla” el nino (6:29), how the big tech market crash could finally be arriving (0:47)…
- Hukou Overhaul · 18 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how tech firms are cutting back AI spending after blowing budgets on it (0:42), how progressives are taking on the UK political…
- LIVE: The BREAK—DOWN Issue 3: Airborne w/ Geoff Mann, Daniela Gabor and Oliver Eagleton · 59 minWe're celebrating the launch of The BREAK—DOWN's spring issue, Airborne! On May 6th, The BREAK—DOWN hosted a live podcast where editor Adrienne Buller was joined by Geoff Mann…
- Adaptation Economics · 11 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the question of adaptation to our changing climate has returned amidst Britain experiencing another heatwave (0:58), and how…
- Burnham & The Bond Markets · 12 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how talk of the bond markets is back after Andy Burnham announced his byelection candidacy and ambitions for Number 10 (0:44), a…
- LIVE: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters w/ Aditya Chakrabortty, Clara Mattei & Juliano Fiori · 1 h 17 minToday's episode is the final in Season One of AFTER ORDER. It was recorded as a live show in collaboration with the Alameda Institute at the Art House in Bethnal Green, East…
- Starmer's Last Stand? · 12 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the political turmoil around Starmer's ailing premiership is affecting the UK’s economic outlook (0:38), and how governments…
- Domination Without Hegemony? w/ Juliano Fiori · 54 minEvent Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters (May 12th) Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda institute exploring power, sovereignty…
- Psychedelics - The New Frontier Of Profit w/ Kojo Koram · 13 minWhile James Meadway is away for the local elections, this week's Macrodose is guest-hosted by Kojo Koram - author of the upcoming book 'The Next Fix: The Winners & Losers In The…
- Power in the Periphery w/ Gabriel Tupinambá · 41 minEvent Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters (May 12th) Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute - exploring power and crisis…
- BP's Iran War Mega Profits · 16 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at BP's mega-profits - this time as an inevitable result of the war on Iran (0:42), whether or not we could be on the verge of…
- Digital Sovereignty vs Big Tech w/ Cecilia Rikap & Paolo Gerbaudo · 45 minEvent Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute - exploring power, sovereignty, and crisis…
- Six Weeks of Fuel in Europe · 17 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how Europe now has only six weeks’ worth of jet fuel supplies left (1:52), how the big six investment banks are making record…
- Order as Fiction w/ Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla · 48 minWelcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute - exploring power, sovereignty, and crisis in today's unstable world. Event Tickets: Political…
- Starmer's Shifting Rhetoric · 10 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at some changing rhetoric from Keir Starmer on the changing world we live in, and how it affects our economy. But does he really get…
- The New Age of Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos · 46 minEvent Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters Welcome back to the After Order podcast - a series from Macrodose in collaboration with the Alameda Institute. In our…
- Cheaper Drones, Fewer Profits · 10 minTICKETS: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at a surprising side effect of the war on Iran. As shares in arms manufacturers…
- Neoliberalism’s Last Man w/ Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff · 48 minWelcome to the After Order podcast - a new series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute. This series emerges from Alameda’s ongoing After Order research project, which begins…
- A DOGE For The Left? · 20 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the latest economics fall-out from the war on Iran (2:25), oil thieves in East Anglia, and how they are a harbinger of the near…
- The Third Gulf War · 16 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the ongoing Iran war forms part of a longer story of US decline (0:45), why a direct consequence of the war is higher…
- Warflation · 14 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the disruption to global food supplies that surge in oil prices is now causing (2:01), how fossil fuel companies are profiteering…
- Iran, Food & Fertiliser · 15 minOn this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the how the US-Israel war on Iran will impact global food prices (3:07), and how data centres are the newest target in modern…
- Free Gifts w/ Alyssa Battistoni · 56 minCapitalism is often defended on the basis of freedom — “free markets”, free choice, as well as being credited with producing the wealth and material abundance that has freed…
